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Serial #: MA863 Construction #: Unknown Civil Registration: None Model: F Mk. Vc Name: None Status: Displayed Last info: 2004 |
History: Delivered to RAAF as A58-246. - BOC: Oct. 1943. - Damaged in crash landed, Lake Tarang, Victoria, Aug. 26, 1945. - Instructional airframe, RAAF Nhill, Victoria. Richard E. Hourigan & Ron Lee, Melbourne, Victoria, 19??. - Hulk recovered from farm. Ian A. Whitney, Romsey, Victoria, 1975-1998. - Under restoration to airworthy. Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK, 1998-2000. - Restoration started. USAFM, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, 1998-2004. - Restoration completed at Duxford. - Rolled out, Feb. 16, 2000. - Airfreighted to USAFM in C-5A. - Displayed as MA863/XR-T. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Pat Carry. Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002 |
